Technology That Could End Humanity–and How to Stop It

https://www.wired.com/story/technology-could-end-humanity-how-stop-it/

by spking • 7 years ago

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sgt101• 7 years ago

So, to paraphrase : I've come up with some fictional scenarios, therefore end freedom. BTW, as a philosopher I don't care about the consequence of that thought chain and I am placing the onus on other people to come up with workable counterexamples to deal with my fictive narrative. Also, that I will be used as a justification for dictators is nothing at all to me.

The really great thing is that Bostrom still thinks / argues that nuclear weapons are "secure" and that there is a culture of security around them. That trope alone should rule him about of serious debate - let alone the howling gibberish about Sparrows raising Owls.

splodge• 7 years ago

Judging by the state of the Amazon and other forests, fire is a technology that most likely to kill us all at the moment.

Technology That Could End Humanity–and How to Stop It

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